Y.Mary Kalavathi v. The Director Of School Education
BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 23.07.2019
CORAM:
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE D.KRISHNAKUMAR W.P.(MD)No.16387 of 2019 and W.M.P.(MD)No.13049 of 2019 Y.Mary Kalavathi ... Petitioner Vs.
1.The Director of School Education, O/o. the Director of School Education, DPI Campus, Chennai - 6.
2.The Joint Director of School Education (Higher Secondary), O/o. The Joint Director of School Education (Higher Secondary), DPI Campus, Chennai - 6.
3.The Chief Educational Officer, O/o. the Chief Educational Officer, Madurai, Madurai District.
... Respondents Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying for the issuance of a Writ of Mandamus, directing the first respondent no.1 to re-fix the seniority of the petitioner for promotion to the post of Headmaster of High School, by considering the representation of the petitioner, dated 28.06.2019, within the time limit to be fixed by this Court.
For Petitioner : Mr.T.Lajapathi Roy For Respondents : Mrs.S.Srimathy Special Government Pleader
ORDER
This Writ Petition has been filed seeking a direction to the first respondent to re-fix the seniority of the petitioner for promotion to the post of Headmaster of High School, by considering her representation, dated 28.06.2019, within the time limit to be fixed by this Court.
2.Mrs.S.Srimathy, learned Special Government Pleader takes notice for the respondents. By consent of both parties, the Writ
Petition is taken up for final disposal at the stage of admission itself.
3.According to the petitioner, she was appointed in the post of Secondary Grade Teacher on 05.09.1986 and thereafter, she was promoted to the post of B.T. Assistant on 12.09.2002 and she is working in the said post for the past 17 years. While so, to her shock and surprise, the first respondent, vide his proceedings dated 17.06.2019, has issued the provisional seniority panel for the year 2019, in which, the petitioner's name is found in S.No.1615, whereas, her juniors names have been included in between S.No.72 and S.No.1350. Hence, she made a detailed representation to the first respondent on 27.06.2019 to re-fix the seniority, but, no action has been taken so far.
4.The learned Special Government Pleader appearing for the respondents submitted that the respondents would consider the petitioner's representation dated 27.06.2019 and pass orders, within a time frame to be fixed by this Court.
5.Recording the above submission made by the learned Special Government Pleader appearing for the respondents, without going into the merits of the case, this Court directs the respondents to consider the petitioner's representation dated 27.06.2019 and pass appropriate orders on merits and in accordance with law, within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.
6.This Writ Petition is disposed of, with the above direction. No costs. Consequently, connected Miscellaneous Petition is closed. Sd/- Assistant Registrar(AD-II) /TRUE COPY/ Sub Assistant Registrar To 1.The Director of School Education, O/o. the Director of School Education, DPI Campus, Chennai - 6.
2.The Joint Director of School Education (Higher Secondary), O/o. The Joint Director of School Education (Higher Secondary), DPI Campus, Chennai - 6.
3.The Chief Educational Officer, O/o. the Chief Educational Officer, Madurai, Madurai District.
+1 CC to M/s.T.LAJAPATHI ROY, Advocate ( SR-77202[F] dated 24/07/2019 ) +1 CC to M/s.SPL GP ( SR-77299[F] dated 24/07/2019 ) W.P.(MD)No.16387 of 2019 23.07.2019 smn2 JM/02.08.2019/3P-6C